Push-pole.



A. MARKIN.

PUSH POLE..

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1908.

Patented Sept. 12, 1911.

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PUSH POLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1908.

.Patented Sept. 12', 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMON MARKIN, OF MONTPELIER, INDIANA.

PUSH-POLE.

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Be it known that I, AMoN MARKIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Montpelier, in the count-y of Blackford and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPush-Poles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of railway rolling stock, and moreparticularly to what may be termed a push pole adapted for use inconnection with the tender of a loco-motive and arranged for operationwhereby it may be conveniently moved laterally of the tender forengagement with a car located on a track adjacent to the tender.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device of the abovedescribed character which will be comparatively simple in construction,inexpensive to manufacture, and which will effectively serve to shiftcars in the makingof a train.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription and it will be understood that changes in the specificstructure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claimsand that any suitable materials may be used without departing from thespirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a top plan view of the present invention showing the sameapplied to the tender of a locomotive, Fig. 2 is a side elevationalview, Fig. 3 is a tra-nsverse sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, Fig. 5 is aperspective View of the push pole.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, there is shown anengine tender of usual construction including a bottom 11, as shown.

Beneath the bottom 11 at each side of the tender and adjacent to thefront end thereof there is shown a bracket 12 provided upon its underside with a semi-cylindrical concavity 13. Disposed beneath each bracket12 and secured to depending side sills 14 of the tender there is shown abracket 15 which is also provided in its upper face with a semi-circularconcavity 16. The brackets 12 and 15 are disposed in spaced relation toeach other at their sides and ends as indi- Specficaton of LettersPatent.

Application filed September 28, 1908.

Patented Sept. 12, 1911.

Serial No. 455,019.

cated at 17 for a purpose to be hereinafter described.

The concavities 13 and 16 formed in the brackets 12 and 15 at each sideof the tender thus form a socket to receive a spherical head 18 of apush pole 19. The push pole 19 is somewhat reduced in size adjacent toits spherical head as indicated at 20, and this reduced portion isdisposed for movement in the space 17 formed by reducing the outer endsof the brackets 12 and 15 as shown.

Vertically disposed operating rods 21 are located adjacent to the frontend of the tender and at each side thereof, and these rods are revolublymounted at their lower ends in t-he bottom 11 of the tender, for rockingmotion longitudinally of the tender.

Each rod is provided with a downwardly and outwardly inclined member 22bent inwardly at its lower end as shown at 23 to extend beneath thebottom of the tender and toward the depending sills 14, and the eX-t-remity of the portion 23 is coiled about the push pole 19 to form aneye as shown at 24. Each rod 21 is disposed for movement in asubstantially U shaped and elongated guide member 25, and above theguide member each rod is provided with an operating wheel 26.

It will thus be se'en that either of the push poles at either side ofthe tender may be moved outwardly in a horizontal plane and may beengaged at its outer end with a car located upon a track adjacent to thetender. By the provision of the elongated guide as previously describedit will be seen that the rod 21 may be shifted longitudinally of thetender with the lower end of the rod as a pivot whereby the free end ofthe push pole may be moved vertically and properly engaged with the carto be moved.

Retaining springs are provided for receiving the push poles at each sideof the tender whereby the poles may be held in parallel relation withthe beams 14 when in an inoperative position.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with an engine tender, of socketmembers secured thereto, a push pole having a ball head disposed in thesocket member, said push pole being movable horizontally and vertically,a rod mounted upon the engine tender for rotary and rocking movement,and connections between the rod 'and push pole whereby the pole is movedin either direction upon a oorresponding movement of therrod. t

2. The combination 'With an engine tender, of a push pole pivotedthereto, and a lever Y pivoted to the tender and connected toV the ppush pole, said rod beingadapted to imparteentrieally with the pushpole, and anarm on the rod, and connected with the push pole,`wherebythe push pole is moved upon a corresponding movement of said rod.

4. The combination with a tender having a bottom, of a socket locatedbeneath'the bottom of the tender, a lpush pole having a head engaged inthe socket for universal movement, a rod mounted upon the tenderconcentrioally with the socket for rotary motion and for rocking motionlongitudinally of the tender, a longitudinal guide for the upper portionof the rod, and a downwardly extending member carried by the rod, thelower portion of the said member being bent inwardly to extend beneaththe bottom of the tender, and having its extremity formed into an eyeengaged around the push pole.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

AMON MARKIN.

Witnesses:

JoHN T. JONES, -A. H. BENHAM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ive cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, ,Washingtom D. C.

